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Dec 01, 2018

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India, Japan & US agree on rules-based order to maintain peace and prosperity in Indo-Pacific region

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India, Japan and the US have agreed that a free, open, inclusive and rules based order is essential for the Indo-Pacific's peace and prosperity as the leaders from the three countries held a first ever trilateral meeting last night.Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a very good and friendly meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit.In a tweet after the meeting, Mr. Modi said India will continue to work together on shared values.

He said, when you look at the acronym of our three countries Japan, America, and India it is 'JAI', which stands for success in Hindi.

The prime minister said the JAI meeting was a convergence of vision between the three nations.